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Travel time measures for the Strategic Road Network and local 'A' roads: July 2016 to June 2017

Statistics on travel time on the Strategic Road Network and on locally managed ‘A� roads for the year ending June 2017.

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Some of the local ‘A� road estimates presented in this release have been revised. Please see our February publication for updated figures and further details.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp main impact is to the local ‘Aâ€� road morning peak figures for January and February 2017. Estimates for the Strategic Road Network are unaffected.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp average delay and speed on the Strategic Road Network and local ‘Aâ€� roads, for the year ending June 2017. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre is an additional measure of reliability for the Strategic Road Network.

Strategic Road Network (SRN) for the year ending June 2017

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp average delay is estimated to be 8.9 seconds per vehicle per mile compared to free flow, a 1.5% decrease on the previous year.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp average speed was 59.5 mph, similar (up 0.5%) to the previous year.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp reliability of travel times is measured using the Planning Time Index. This presents 67.7% of additional time needed compared to free flow, on average, on individual roads sections to ensure on time arrival. This is similar (down 0.4%) compared with the previous year.

Local ‘A� roads for the year ending June 2017

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp average delay is estimated to be 46.2 seconds per vehicle per mile compared to free flow, a 2.2% increase on the previous year.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp average speed was 25.2 mph, similar (down 0.5%) to the previous year.

Please note that figures for the SRN and local ‘A� roads are not directly comparable.

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Published 14 September 2017

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